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Gillingham manager Mark Bonner hopes the man he replaced gets the reception he deserves this weekend. Stephen Clemencewas sacked at the end of last season by the Gills and replaced by Bonner, but the bond between managers is strong. Clemence – whose table-topping Barrow side visit Priestfield this Saturday – was one of the first on the phone to offer any help he could when Bonner was installed as the new manager at Gillingham. He said: “I spoke to Robbie Stockdale (Gills’ former assistant), Stephen Clemence and (ex-boss) Neil Harris, all about players here and the existing staff that were here…

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